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Although the Old Testament does not further specify, the Talmud makes the claim that all fish that have scales also have fins, [32] and so practically speaking, we need to only identify organisms that have scales and can ignore the portion of the rule about fins. Nachmanides comments that the scales of a kosher fish must be able to be removed ...
Of the many "living beings that swim in the water" no particular species is mentioned; the "great whales" are set apart in that class, while the rest are divided according to whether or not they had fins or scales (Leviticus 11:9, 10). [4] The reptiles, or "creeping things", form the fourth class. References to this class are relatively few.
Because all creatures possessing both fins and scales also possess an endoskeleton and gills, any creature possessing lung or an exoskeleton is not kosher. As every fish possessing scales also possesses fins, any water-dwelling creature possessing scales is kosher. [13]
• Don’t eat animals that don’t have fins and scales (11:9–10). ... But a Muslim teacher could feel pressured to read a Bible passage, even if it goes against their religious beliefs.
According to the chok or divine decrees of the Torah and the Talmud, for a fish to be declared kosher, it must have scales and fins. [ 8 ] The definition of "scale" differs from the definitions presented in biology, in that the scales of a kosher fish must be visible to the eye, present in the adult form, and can be easily removed from the skin ...
seafood that lacks fins and scales (Leviticus 11:10–12) all insects except for locust, crickets and grasshoppers (Leviticus 11:20–23, Leviticus 11:41) eagles, ossifrage, and the osprey (Leviticus 11:13) other biblically unclean animals or touching certain things,(Leviticus 7:21)
The Jewish laws of kashrut, which only permit the consumption of fish with both scales and fins, forbids sturgeon, as they have ganoid scales instead of the permitted ctenoid and cycloid scales. While all Orthodox groups forbid the consumption of sturgeon, some Conservative groups do allow it. [ 68 ]
The Torah forbids the consumption of shellfish (i.e. the only permitted seafood is fish with fins and scales), in the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy. [12] Jews (of all religious traditions) who fully observe the dietary laws thus do not eat shellfish, neither do Seventh-day Adventists, who also follow Jewish dietary law.
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